Knocking coming thru steering

steve-o · Aug 9, 2008

Hi all,

Just completed a trip from Bideford to Swanage to pick up an ifor williams canopy for my 90. £21 from e-bay!! Who says there are no bargains to be had!?

Anyway, I thought i'd ask about a knocking I get occasionally back through the steering wheel.

It's not terrible but it seems something loose on the rack or box. I can hold the steering wheel tight and it knocks. Not serious but a wobble, only at high speeds and only occasionally.

Any immediate thoughts?

tacr2man · Aug 9, 2008

check steering damper bushes, and steering rod ends, also tightness of drop arm

TheVengefulElephant · Aug 9, 2008

steve-o said:
ifor williams canopy for my 90.

yu a farmer?

BOOMER · Aug 9, 2008

Could be the UJ between steering wheel and steering box loose or worn out.

BOOMER · Aug 9, 2008

TheVengefulElephant said:
yu a farmer?

AND WOTS YOUR PROBLEM WITH FARMERS!!??

TheVengefulElephant · Aug 9, 2008

BoomerV8 said:
AND WOTS YOUR PROBLEM WITH FARMERS!!??

Yer all bastids.

I'd be one if there wer any money in it. I'm planning to buy up some land and have livery yard / few animals type shindig when my erm.. "career" has reached its end

BOOMER · Aug 9, 2008

TheVengefulElephant said:
have a livery yard / few animals type shindig when my erm.. "career" has reached its end

HMMM..... you fantasising about Grippa again???

Grippa · Aug 9, 2008

BoomerV8 said:
HMMM..... I'm fantasising about Grippa again

Farkin'ell................easy tiger!

BOOMER · Aug 9, 2008

Grippa said:
Farkin'ell................easy tiger!

Bastid

robint · Aug 9, 2008

ohhh dear looks like some up set boomerv8!!!!!!!!!!

BOOMER · Aug 9, 2008

robint said:
ohhh dear looks like some up set boomerv8!!!!!!!!!!

D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.
I know Robin, Grippa should be a politician what with the way he keeps twisting around other peoples words

Just hope he doesnt gang up on you tomorrow!!

Hard hats and butt plugs at the ready!!

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 9, 2008

BoomerV8 said:
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.
I know Robin, Grippa should be a politician what with the way he keeps twisting around other peoples words
Just hope he doesnt gang bang you tomorrow!!
Mad hats and butt plugs at the ready!!

err - wot?:ekk:?

boydy1989 · Aug 9, 2008

Knocking steering...
Check/replace all ball joints
Check tracking
CHeck swivel bearings
Adjust steering box
Replace Steering shaft UJ's
Replace shock absorbers
Tighten drop arm to eye-bulging torque
Get tyres balanced

Ive done all of this, and mine still does it! Do you have manwell or power (tarts) steering?

Oh and LR's don't have racks either, tis all done by a box, and i havn't made mine stop wobbling yet, although it now only does it at high speed or high speed (!) corners

Grippa · Aug 9, 2008

BoomerV8 said:
I know Robin in a biblical sense, what with the way he keeps twisting around other peoples nads
Just hope there's a good gang bang tomorrow!!
I've got my hard hat and butt plugs at the ready!!

Huh? Me? Dunno wot yer mean.

robint · Aug 9, 2008

from what i can gather we wont see him too much .........

The Mad Hat Man · Aug 9, 2008

Grippa said:
Huh? Me? Dunno wot yer mean.

i dun that already

BOOMER · Aug 9, 2008

robint said:
from what i can gather we wont see him too much .........

Who? Gordon Brown or Grippa??

duffdef · Aug 9, 2008

boydy1989 said:
Knocking steering...
Check/replace all ball joints
Check tracking
CHeck swivel bearings
Adjust steering box
Replace Steering shaft UJ's
Replace shock absorbers
Tighten drop arm to eye-bulging torque
Get tyres balanced

Ive done all of this, and mine still does it! Do you have manwell or power (tarts) steering?

Oh and LR's don't have racks either, tis all done by a box, and i havn't made mine stop wobbling yet, although it now only does it at high speed or high speed (!) corners

A guy i know told me this...

he had the same thing on both his disco's and i had it on mine. Replace the damper, panhard rod bushes and radius arm bushes and every time it's cured it. Mine did it at 50mph+ just had to go over a bump or shake the steering to set it off.

boydy1989 · Aug 9, 2008

Well im doing radius arm bushes tomorrow, but i don't have a steering damper, wasn't fitted at the factory. Manwell steering.

steve-o · Aug 10, 2008

TheVengefulElephant said:
yu a farmer?

No, im someone who "uses" their landy.

Thanks to the few replies.

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